Advertorial - Losing Closings Due to Mold or Moisture Issues? Let Advanced Air Solutions Help

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Apr 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM

“How many closings have you lost due to mold and moisture inside or underneath your properties?” asked Jeff Stokley, owner of Advanced Air Solutions. “Did you know that banks will not finance homes with these problems?” Advanced Air Solutions is a realtor’s “One Stop Shop” to meet the demands associated with closing a deal. Stokley has been in the building and development business since 1985. He is a past president of the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association, currently serves on the Cape Fear Home Builders Association Board of Directors and is a presidential appointee of the North Carolina Home Builders Board of Directors. His expertise in the real estate business helps him provide realtors with solutions to mold and moisture findings and other closing issues as well as home inspections and heating and air services. Because of this, Advanced Air Solutions offers a free estimate on problems home inspectors find. The Wilmington Company’s services include air duct cleaning, crawl space renovation, general mold remediation, general contracting services and any punch list items needed to close the home. Advanced Air Solutions also offers heating and air services, insulation and dehumidifiers. “We are licensed general contractors, as well as heating and air and electrical contractors,” Stokley said. “There’s no other company out there you can call for all of your home inspection findings,” Jeff Stokley said. “When we go out for a pre-inspection or after a home inspector, we can provide all the services you need to ready the home to sell.” The company serves the region from New Bern to Myrtle Beach.“Moisture issues are common in this region and a specialty for our company,” Stokley said. “Many homes were built with inadequate moisture barriers, open foundation vents or HVAC lines underneath the home. In today’s real estate market there are many homes sitting empty with no electricity. This causes many issues with mold and moisture as well.”“There have been studies in southeastern North Carolina showing that encapsulation of crawl spaces with a poly moisture barrier attached to the walls and piers sealing up foundation vents and dehumidifying or conditioning the crawl space can eliminate mold and moisture problems,” Stokley said. “There is a 15-year study on southeastern North Carolina at www.crawlspaces.org that provides a nonbiased opinion for the proper protocol to prevent these issues.”“Due to these and other studies, the North Carolina building codes were changed to allow the elimination of foundation vents in crawl spaces,” Stokley said. “Now, the protocol for new homes with crawl spaces is to seal up the space, insulate the walls, condition it with the HVAC or dehumidify and install a sump pump or exit for any leaks that may occur in the space.” “High moisture readings lead to mold, mildew and deterioration of the structural integrity of a home, and thirty percent of what you breathe comes from under the house contributing to bad indoor air quality,” Stokley warns. “It is one of the leading causes of asthma, coughing, sneezing, allergies, nausea, headaches, sinus problems, eye irritation and respiratory issues. Mold, dust mites, pet dander, skin, viruses and rodent feces are among the culprits that can creep into air ducts and cause these problems.”In addition to improving your health, having an optimally functioning HVAC system and air ducts can save as much as 30 percent on electric bills. And while Advanced Air Solutions is a powerful problem solver, the company would rather take a preventive role with its customers by offering an annual contract to analyze the crawl space, manage the indoor air quality, heating and air services and prevent mold, mildew and moisture related issues.“That’s what we like to do,” Stokley said. “We want to maintain good indoor air quality for the homeowner and prevent mold and moisture problems in or under the home.”Let Advanced Air Solutions help prevent the loss of closings by doing a free pre-inspection of the property for mold and moisture issues in or under the home before it is listed for sale. Don’t wait until the home inspector finds the problem and risk losing a buyer. Call Advanced Air Solutions at (910) 791-7888 or go to the website at www.advancedairsolutions.org to find out more about the “One Stop Shop” for your real estate solutions.-Advanced Air Solutions